Texas Senate, District 26
American legislative district
District 26 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves a portion of Bexar county in the U.S. state of Texas .[ 1]
The current senator from District 26 is Jose Menendez .
Biggest cities in the district
District 26 has a population of 802,046 with 589,522 that is at voting age from the 2010 census .[ 2]
Election history
Election history of District 27 from 1992.[ b]
2022
2020
2016
2015 (special)
2012
2008
2004
2002
2000
1999 (special)
Alvarado withdrew after the election, meaning, meaning Van de Putte was elected without a runoff election.[ 16]
1996
1994
1992
District officeholders
Legislature
Senator, District 26
Counties in District
4
Rufus Doane
El Paso , Presidio , Santa Fé , Worth .
5
James T. Lytle
Calhoun , DeWitt , Goliad , Jackson , Lavaca , Victoria .
6
Samuel Addison White
7
Fletcher S. Stockdale
8
9
Nathan George Shelley
Bastrop , Hays , Travis .
10
A. W. Moore
11
Nathan George Shelley
12
E. L. Alford Reinhard Hillebrand
Bastrop , Fayette .
13
Joseph D. Sayers
14
William Hamilton Ledbetter
15
Bastrop , Fayette , Lee .
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17
A. W. Moore
18
Rudolph Kleberg
Aransas , Atascosa , Bee , Calhoun , DeWitt , Goliad , Jackson , Karnes , Live Oak , McMullen , Refugio , San Patricio , Victoria , Wilson .
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20
William H. Woodward
21
22
Reed N. Weisiger
23
James M. Presler
Brown , Coleman , Comanche , Concho , Erath , McCulloch , Mills , Runnels , San Saba .
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25
26
Archibald Grinnan
27
28
Brown , Coleman , Comanche , Concho , Erath , Llano , McCulloch , Mills , Runnels , San Saba .
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30
31
William N. Adams
32
33
Robert B. Conner
34
35
W. Scott Woodward
36
W. Scott Woodward Elbridge L. Rector
37
James H. Baugh
38
39
Julius Real
Bandera , Bexar , Kendall , Kerr .
40
41
W. Albert "Cap" Williamson
42
43
Ernest Fellbaum
44
45
J. Franklin Spears
46
47
48
49
J. Franklin Spears Walter Tynan
50
Walter Tynan
51
52
53
Oswald Latimer
Bexar .
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55
Henry B. Gonzalez
56
57
58
Franklin Spears
59
60
Joe J. Bernal
Portion of Bexar .
61
62
63
Nelson Wolff
64
Frank Lombardino
65
66
R. L. "Bob" Vale
67
68
69
Cyndi Taylor Krier
70
71
72
73
Jeff Wentworth
All of Guadalupe . Portion of Bexar .
74
Gregory Luna
Portion of Bexar .
75
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Gregory Luna Leticia R. Van de Putte
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Leticia R. Van de Putte
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
Leticia R. Van de Putte Jose Menendez
85
Jose Menendez
86
87
88
Notes
^ Population is based on the number of people in the district in that city, not the overall population of that city
^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
References
^ "State Senate Districts PLANS2168" (PDF) . WTAW . Retrieved July 25, 2024 .
^ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF) . The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ "Cities and Census Designated Places (CDPs) by District" (PDF) . The Texas State Senate. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ "Official Canvass Report 2022 NOVEMBER 8TH GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF) . Texas Election Results . Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "Official Canvass Report 2020 NOVEMBER 3RD GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF) . Texas Election Results . Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "2016 General Election" . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ "Special Runoff Election State Senator, District 26" . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ "2015 Special Election, Senate District 26" . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ "2012 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "2008 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "2004 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "2004 Democratic Party Primary Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007 .
^ "2002 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "2000 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "2000 Democratic Party Primary Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007 .
^ Houston Chronicle News Services (November 12, 1999). "New senator takes oath" . Houston Chronicle . p. A39. Retrieved January 5, 2007 . Van de Putte, a Democrat, assumed the Senate seat after receiving the most votes in a special election Nov. 2. She was to be in a runoff with state Rep. Leo Alvarado, but he withdrew.
^ "1999 Special Election for State Senate" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "1996 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "1994 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "1992 General Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
^ "1992 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007 .
^ Change from primary election
^ "1992 Republican Party Primary Election" . Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2007 .